Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Summary: Overdose deaths associated with pharmaceuticals––including methadone, oxycodone, and benzodiazepines––are on the rise while overdose deaths associated with illicit drugs have declined. Source: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 1997-2009. Since 1998, the total overdose deaths have been rising, to 179 total deaths in 2009. ................
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